The Tinker's Pride Prospect is a cobalt and copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Cobalt, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.17179, -114.35987
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Tinker's Pride Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tinker's Pride Prospect
Secondary: Imi Property
Secondary: Tinker's Pride No. 1 tunnels
Secondary: Tinker's Pride No. 4 tunnels
Secondary: East Tinker's Pride No. 4
Commodity
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): 2 Shear Zones Trend Nnw And Dip Steeply E ; Geol.Desc: En Echelon Lensy Veins Of Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Pyrite, In Silicified Parts Of North-Trending Shear Zone 800 Ft. Wide; Several Parallel Mineralized Bodies; Known Length 700 Ft.; Average Total Width 20ft(?).
Comment (Development): Tinker's Pride Now Included In Blackbird Mine, See No. 363 ; Econ.Com: Deposit Not Economically Feasible
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Above Estimated Reserves For Bonanza Copper And Tinker's Pride.
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Silicification
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zone Trends N
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Unpublished Cobalt Report
Reference (Deposit): Vhay, J.S., 1948, Cobalt-Copper Deposits In The Blackbird District, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Strategic Minerals Inv. Prelim. Rept. 3-219.
Reference (Deposit): Shockey, P.N., 1957, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Leesburg Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.
Reference (Deposit): Baldwin, J.A., October 8, 1976, Personal Communication
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